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Islam’s Origins and Beliefs: Basic Islamic Teachings Beliefs Islam has seven main beliefs. They are known as the “Iman ul Mufassal” that in English translates as, “I believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, Measurement, both the good and the bad are from Allah the exalted, and in life after death.” Allah. This is the name for “God” in Arabic. Allah created everything. Allah is not a human, not a male and not a female. (Muslims only say the term “He” when referring to Allah because there is no “It” in Arabic. All nouns are automatically masculine or feminine.) Angels: They are not human, nor male or female. They are the servants of Allah and never rebel against him. Muslims believe in a devil-creature called Shaytan (Satan) but he is not a fallen angel. Books: Allah sent his revelations in written and oral “books” that include: the Scrolls of Ibrahim (Abraham), the Taurah of Musa (Moses), the Zabur of Dawud (Psalms of David) the Injeel of ‘Esa (Gospel of Jesus) and the Qur’an of Muhammad. Messengers: These are Allah’s prophets to whom Allah gave revelation, and they all teach the same message: to surrender to Allah and do right. The first messen